Nail puller



April 9, 1940;

- P. BRANCATI 2,196,351

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i UNITED Application February 11, 1939,

1 Claim. (01. 254-22) The present invention r STATES PATENT oFFic-e 2,196,351 NAILPULLER f Philip Brancati, Jackson Heights, N.,Y.-

elates to new and usefulimprovements in nail pullers and has for one of its importantobjects to providein a manner as hereinafter set forth, a device of this charac'- ter comprising a fulcrum of a novel construction and arrangement whereby nails may be expeditiously extracted substantially thus permitting reuse thereof.

without bending Another important object of the invention is to provide a toolof-the character described'which is adapted to be conveniently used a hammer when desired.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a nail puller of the character set forth which will be comparatively simple in construction, strong, durable, highly efficient" and reliable in use, compact and which may be co t.

manufactured at low s All of, theforegoing and still further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from a study of the following specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein like characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a nail puller constructed in accordance with the pres- Figure Figure 3 is stantially on the Figureb is a detail view hammer head, 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Figure ,6 is a engaged with a nail the levers being broken 2 is a bottom plan view thereof.

a top plan view.

Figure 4' is a cross sectional view,

line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

taken subin section through the taken substantially on the line fragmentary in side elevation, showing a portion of the'jaws oi'the tool to be pulled, a portion of a box being shown in vertical section...

Referring now to the which has been illustrate drawings in detail, it will embodiment of the invention d comprisesa pair or ward end portions of the levers I and 2 are crossed and pivotally connected, as at 3. A recess 4 in the inner side of the lever '42 accommodates the adjacent portion of the lever -I.

Formed integrally with tions of the levers I and spectively. The {forward 'formed to, provide a claw 'nates, at its forward end,

which coactswiththe claw I. Formed integrally with the back of the jaw otal connection 3, naled in thetyoke cent the nail to be pulled.

the forward end por- 2 are jaws 6 and 5, re-

end of the jaw 5 is I. The jaw B termiin a-prongor nose 8 6 is a hammer head 9.

I, adjacent the piv- The yoke I and the sity of straightening same.

. tending member at the point Serial No. 255,994

roller II constitutes a fulcrum which is designated generally by the reference numeral I2.

It is thought that tool is used will be readily apparent from aconsideration of the foregoing. In Fig. 6 of the drawings, the reference numeral I3 designates a portion of a box in which there is a na'lM to be extracted. The jaws and 6 are opened by swinging the levers I and2 apart and the claw I is forced downwardly and up under the head oi the nail I4. The jaws 5 and 6 are then swung toward closed position in a manner to cause the head of the nail to be firmlygrippedbetween the claw I and the prong or nose 8. ;With the fulcrum iz resting on the box I3 the levers i and Z are swung downwardly in a manner to lift the nail out of the box. During this operation thev fulcrum I2, through the medium of the roller Il,v travels on the box toward the nail inaman" nor to compensate for the are described by the upwardly swinging jaws said nail to be will-therefore beseen that the nail may, if de sired, beimmediately reused without the'neces- By simply turning the tool over it may be used as a hammer the medium of the I tion ofthe lever I is also recessed, as at It.

It is believed that the many advantages of a present invention will be readily understood and although a preferred embodiment of the device is asillustrated and described, it isto be understood that changes inthe details of construction may be resorted to-which will fall within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is:

the manner in which the through head 9. The intersecting porv 5 and 6, thus permitting pulled without being bent. It

A nail puller of the class described comprising 7 a first handle member-having an end portion-exat a slight angle therefrom, the inner portion of this end portion having a notch. in one side therefrom and said portion. terminating in a claw, the prongs of which extend upwardly and outwardly, a second handle member having an end portion extending upwardly and outwardly and then said portion extending downwardly at a slight angle and terminating in a prong for cooperating with the claw of the other handle member, that portion of the end part which ex- "tends upwardly and outwardly having a notch in its inner face which cooperates with the notch of the other handle member, a pivot passing through the notched parts for pivotally connecting the two handle members together, a yoke extending downwardly from the secondhandle where the upwardlyand outwardly extending end portion joins-with the major'portion of said handle member and a roller carried by the yoke. I PHILIP BRANCATI. 

